Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (Source: AFP/VNA)

Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the PLO criticized the new US-Israel collaboration to abandon the two-state principle after US President Donald Trump declared Jerusalem Israel's capital. Erekat said Palestinian leadership is determined to confront all American and Israeli moves by pressing to obtain full UN membership for the state of Palestine by going to the UN Security Council, the International Court of Justice, and the International Criminal Court. 

Earlier in the day, the Israeli parliament passed a bill that stipulates a vote of two-thirds of its members before the Israeli government can give up control over any part of Jerusalem.